Feel the island breeze
don’t mix work with holiday
make the fun thorough

A lesson learned: when you are on holiday, slow down on the business and pleasure combo. A lappy is also too much detail for hats, spun rayon skirts and flip flops. Those are my sad knees on the screen. By the time I thought of dumping work, my friends were too far off the other side of Elephant Island.

A quick trip down memory lane: He was seventeen. I was sixteen. His letters showed hints that he was poised to become a doctor. He sent roses…. We drifted apart. It was tough. But like everything else you get over it.

Fast forward to 2012: He sent me a brief note. Probably written during a break in a 16-hour shift. This time it was absolutely legible. Facebook does wonders ;p